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That makes six inches of rain so far
this week. Now, the storm is expected...

How should I know whether it's the
flashing or the gutters? All I know is

leaking. But if it wasn't raining, I
wouldn't need my roof fixed in the first

place. Thanks a lot, pal. You have a
good night, too.

Well,

if it isn't Paddington Bear.

And stay on the runner. I just dried the
floors.

Carry that part much and wide. Poodle
down a stone drain.

Shower. Bed.

They're dead.

What if you knew, beyond a doubt, what
was going to happen tomorrow?

What would you do?

There's no easy answer for a guy who'll
get tomorrow's news today.

At 2 .30 p .m., a high -rise at the
corner of Dearborn and Randolph

the most devastating structural failure
in the history of the state.

Office workers in the Tri -Tower
building were crushed in the debris, as

countless pedestrians within a two
-block radius.

Property losses are expected to run as
high as half a billion dollars.

Not since Mrs. O 'Leary's cow started
the Great Chicago Fire has the city

such a catastrophe.

2 .30.

So what happened? An explosion?

They dropped a pylon in the construction
site next door.

But how does that bring down a whole
building?

When the builder who drops the pylon
doesn't have the proper geological

Something about the freight tunnel
system underneath the city. The rain

the whole thing flood and collapse.

I'm going to go over to the construction
site and figure out a way to stop this.

How are you going to stop it? I don't
know how I'm going to stop it. What are

you going to say?

I don't know what I'm going to say.

That's right, a splunker.

A splunker.

What the hell is a spelunker? A person
who explores caves. That's right, but

there are no caves around here, so I
crawl in the tunnels.

Big tunnels, small tunnels, long
tunnels, short tunnels. It doesn't

kind of tunnels. Long tunnels.

As interesting as all this is, Mr.

Hobson... But I've been underneath your
site, and the tunnel underneath your

site is filled with water.

This is a massive project, but you want
me to go back to the drawing boards

because you did a little spelunking this
morning? What I'm telling you is that

you're about to drop a pylon into a
flooded tunnel. There's 50 miles.

of tunnels in the city. How do you know
that you are underneath my sight?

God. I mean, well, I was underneath your
sight and I heard the bells of St.

Martin's. The bells of St. Martin's,
that's only a few blocks away. So

I was under your sight, wasn't I now?

Well, thank you very much for the tip
and I'll look into it.

Yo, I think you better look into it
pretty soon. I bet I'll look into it.

Yo, I don't think you understand.

I think you... You heard the man.

Go.

Now.

What the hell's the problem with this
guy?

You're the foreman?

I'm telling you. Yeah, yeah.

Now listen.

You got a problem talking to me? You
know what? It's 1245. At 230, we're all

going to have a very big problem here.
According to what?

According to geological surveys, but
we're not properly done. That's what.

Stop the work.

Call it off.

Are you in position?

Yeah, I'm ready.

And you get ready to drop it.

You do it on my go.

All right.

Okay,

let's go. Get him off my sight.

Now.

Hey, I'm telling you not to do it. Let
me go. Get him. Get him out of here.

Let's drop it.

You okay, mister?

Chuck.

Who? What happened? Did the building
fall?

Who is Chuck?

What are you doing? What are you
wearing?

I'm Morris.

Morris Best.

Where are his clothes?

You've got quite a knock there, mister.

I've got just the thing for you.

Dr. Morgan's cure -all elixir.

Twenty cents, your good is new.

Alma.

Where are you?

Where else? Chicago.

City of wonders.

Highline, we... I'm supposed to be at
Dearborn and Randolph.

Dearborn... You're sitting on it.

No, no, the... The Sears Tower and
the... The Tribune building.

Listen, that building's gonna fall and
people are gonna die. Stop kidding

around. Sure it is.

God!

Something wrong.

The clothes and the horses.

Knives sharpened.

You say this is Chicago, but if this is
Chicago, there's something very wrong,

I'm telling you. You stay away. You hear
me?

I'm a little confused here.

If you could just say this is Chicago.

What year in Chicago?

Mr. Dizzy, if it's the demon alcohol
that's drawing you up, I know a place.

year is it?

1871.

Wait.

1871. It's 1871, then.

I'm dreaming.

Wake up.

Listen, you gotta wake me up, all right?
I want you to hit me. What?

Just to hit me.

You want me to sugar? Go ahead and hit
me. I'll buy everything you got. Please.

Okay, mister.

You're asking for it.

You want I should do another?

My paper.

My paper.

I gotta find my... my paper.

Hey, listen.

I know a saloon down the road. They're
selling newspaper.

But as God is my witness, today is
October 7, 1871.

1871. Yes, it's what I've been telling
you.

That building's going to collapse.

So, look, a wagon full of goods doesn't
move itself.

Well, it's been interesting.

Wait a second, Morse.

Why don't you let me buy you a drink
here? Oh, no, look, I have family in

Eleven brothers.

You don't get eleven boys across an
ocean by sitting in a groggery.

Good luck to you.

For your pleasure, gents. Everyone's
favorite.

The Dusky Nightingale.

Oh, Danny boy.

The pipes, the pipes are calling.

You got your paper, Keith.

Thank you. All right.

Excuse me.

By chance, have any business interests
over on Randolph and Dearborn?

No.

And if I did, I don't think it would be
any of your concern.

It's you.

It's you.

Must go.

Can I get you a drink, Commissioner?

The usual, Dad.

Excuse me?

Everything is upside down right now. If
you could just tell me your name and

address.

All right.

I don't know.

I guess not. It's just... I'm trying to
find a way home. Why don't you buy me a

drink, Mr... Gary.

Pops, sit down.

Mr. Sullivan doesn't like the need to...

Spend time with the riffraff, but if you
buy me a bottle, he won't want to see

it.

Here you go. That'll be 80 cents.

You all right?

I'm in trouble.

If you ever had a dream where you

really needed to wake up, but you can't.

Every day, Mr. Hobson.

You know, my grandmother's name was
Marissa.

How do you know my grandmother's name?

You look very much like somebody that I
know.

You're not from these parts, are you?

Yes, I am. I am.

It's very hard to explain.

Why are you long?

Well, if you mean what am I doing here,
yes.

That's kind of funny because sometimes I
don't know why I'm here either.

You understand what I was saying about
the dream, about not being able to wake

up. You see, something is very wrong
here.

But then maybe you're right.

I'm why I'm here, Mr. Hobson.

I left Charleston to try and make a
better life for me and my brother Jesse

there.

He's a smart kid, you know.

He can read and he can write.

Like me, all I can do is sing, but...
Jesse, I...

I think he's got a chance to be
somebody.

I came to Chicago and thought about all
the opportunities, you know.

Back home, everybody cried when the
Yankees cracked free, but I don't feel

free in the thoughts now.

Times out, I don't even know if it's
worth it.

Not even for Jesse.

I'm not telling you all this anyway.

Eleanor!

Yes, sir, Mr. Governor.

Commissioner Hayes has expressed a dear
interest in your talent.

I want you to sit with him.

Put him in a good mood.

I'm thankful.

Any song you want.

You live in my house. You obey my rules.

I'm a decent woman, Mr. Sullivan.

Your brother's a smart one, Eleanor, but
I don't think he wants to be making his

way on the streets.

Do you?

Thanks. I'm Jesse Mayfield.

Gary Jesse.

Yeah. This watch here, right in here, is
pretty. But I made it myself.

You made that?

Yeah. I found it back under a cold box
buggy.

This winder, I made it from a lamp screw
and one of Eleanor's shoe buttons.

That's real good. You did that.

What am I doing here?

Cat?

Hey, kitty.

Hey, you, uh, you know this cat?

Never laid eyes.

Look like he knows you.

Yeah.

Ellie says animals have a sense.

She does.

Listen, that fellow over there, Trotter,
Sullivan, why'd she let him push her

around like that?

You blind, mister?

We're colored.

Matthew, she's doing it for me, to get
money to put me in school.

And she's not looking for no boyfriends.

No, I don't want to be her boyfriend.

Then why are you so interested?

Aren't you a little suspicious for a
kid?

Yeah, well, Mr. Sullivan thinks I don't
pay any attention.

But I got ears, you know.

He needs Ellie to close a deal.

A big deal. What kind of big deal?

Well, see, the city's putting up a
trolley line on Clinton Street.

Mr. Sullivan bought a whole bunch of
land on Canal Street.

But bought it cheap.

Now she's trying to get that bald guy to
move the trolley line over to Canal.

Who's the bald guy?

Oh, that's the commissioner.

Ellie says they're all crooked.

It doesn't seem right.

Great city like this?

Ow!

Commissioner.

What's going on here? He bit me.

Touch her again, I'll break it. God!

I must apologize, Commissioner. Eleanor,
the spirited girl... How can I trust

you with a business transaction if you
can't control your own employees? I

assure you, I'll get her back. You have
my word.

Eleanor, are you scared?

Maybe just a little.

Where are we going?

I think it's time we thought about going
back home, Jessie.

Yeah, but I like it in Chicago.

Charleston ain't so bad.

We're just not working out here.

Yeah, I guess.

Listen, the only thing that's important,
Jesse, is that we never, ever do

anything that we're ashamed of.

And if that means going back to
Charleston, then at least we can go back

Charleston with our heads up.

Maybe we can get that man to help us.
Nobody's going to help us but ourselves.

Didn't exactly whip your weight in
Wildcats, huh, mister?

No. You crossed Sullivan?

It was going to hurt my wrist.

Alan, defending colored woman, not
exactly the best way to stay healthy

here.

No. You got diggings?

Place to bed?

You want to bed down with me?

Come on.

Come on.

Plenty room.

Come on.

You are a fit load of trouble, mister.

Michael!

I don't understand.

Just this.

You just sit here.

And I check with lady of the house,
okay? I clear it with her.

Hello?

Mr. Best, what's happened?

Daniel Sullivan, that's what. Sure, it's
as cold as a wagon rim he is.

Oh, no, I'll be fine. You'll be nothing
of the sort until you get some lamb stew

and barley into your belly and a good
night's rest.

Put the kettle on to boil and fetch me
the tincture of iodine and the chamber

set. Iodine and tincture. Yes, coming
right up.

It's a human town, Yar.

Sort of.

If you lived here, it's a wider birth
you'd know to give himself.

Daniel Sullivan.

Yes, ma 'am. Never mind.

You'll be right as rain by tomorrow.

But that's... I don't... I don't have
until tomorrow.

Nonsense. You've got tomorrow and plenty
of tomorrows after that.

You're a strong young man, Mr... You
haven't introduced us, Mr. Best?

Oh, um... Gary Hobson, may I present to
you my landlady, Mrs.

O 'Leary.

The stew will be ready in a moment, Mr.
Hobson.

You'll forgive me for rushing off, but
I'm after milk in the cow.

What are you doing here?

What am I doing here?

The city of Chicago has been visited in
the providence of Almighty God with a

calamity almost unequaled in the annals
of history.

9 .20 p .m., a small cow barn on the
corner of De Coven and Jefferson

A minute of bright light followed by a
blaze.

In a moment, the building was hopelessly
on fire.

Lashed by 60 -mile -an -hour winds in
less than 10 minutes, the fire embraced

the area between Jefferson and Clinton
and rapidly pushed eastward to Canal

Street. By the time the engines were at
work, a perfect sea of leaping flames

covered the ground.

By dawn, the infernal rage seven miles
long.

The rich have been reduced to penury.

The poor have lost the little they
possess.

God save us, for surely the devil has
taken us too.

That's a little over my head, don't you
think?

Oh, good morning.

Ah, you're... Oh, I left the barn to
her.

Mrs.

O 'Leary was up all night with the baby,
so I'm going to do the early milking

for her.

Morris, I need to talk to you.

All right, but first I must go to the
barn, so... The barn, that's a good

Morris. I'll meet you in the barn.

Morris? This place is a real fire hazard
here.

Consider that. It's sort of an accident
waiting for something to happen, huh?

Hello, Daisy.

How do you know her name?

That's what I wanted to talk to you
about, Morris.

You see, Morris, I'm from the future.

The future?

You mean... I mean I'm from the future.

1998, 127 years from now. And I'm being
a bit of a jam.

Mm -hmm. You see, I get tomorrow's
newspaper today.

Usually I get 1998's paper, but this is
tomorrow's. It's October 9th, 1871.

Let me read it to you, Morris. See,
right here. It said, at 9 .20 p .m.

tonight, Morris.

a small cow barn on the corner of the
coven and jefferson streets emitted a

bright light followed by a blaze and in
moments the building was hopelessly on

fire that's this barn morris this barn
is gonna burn you see what i'm saying

you'll get to me well no i'm not gonna
hurt you Stay away. The whole city is

going to burn, though. Yet.

Die. It's going to be the worst fire the
country's ever seen. Look, from where I

come from, every kid knows that Miss O
'Leary's cow, this one, Daisy, started

the Chicago fire.

Now, you don't want that to happen, do
you?

Get out.

Listen, Morris, I've got hundreds of
people are going to die a whole century

apart. I've got to get back to the
future. And the only way I can do that

knowing that someone's going to put this
fire on that someone. It's going to be

you, Morris.

You leave me alone.

Huh? You leave Mrs. O 'Leary alone.

Easy now. Stay away.

Who beats me sugar?

Get out of this bus!

Get out of this home!

Find Commissioner Hayes.

Tell him we got her.

Yes, sir.

I don't know what to do.

No one listens to me. I've been to every
fire station from here to the north

side.

Hey!

Jesse.

What happened? Where's your sister?

Sullivan's men grabbed her at the
station, so I ran.

They've got her prisoner.

Jackie, I... I wish I could do
something. I've got things I've got to

Yeah.

You said no one would help her.

I guess she was right.

No, Jackie, it's not that... Listen,
don't trouble yourself missing.

You've got no reason to help her.

Where is she?

There she is.

officer. That's her right there.

Isn't this a respectable establishment?

The hell it is.

Just to go get her.

You'll pay for this, boy.

Sullivan here kidnapped Eleanor so you
bribe a politician.

I hope there's something you can do
about this.

Indeed I can. Thank you.

Thank you, Sergeant.

Refreshments are on the house as usual.

to me.

The city's gonna burn, you hear me?

Do you hear me? Chicago's gonna burn.

She's here.

Sure you want us here.

As soon as we close our deal.

Anybody?

You have a visitor, Eleanor.

No, I was referring to Commissioner
Hayes.

He's right out there. He's here to
accept your apology.

No.

What? I've never done anything I'm
ashamed of, and I'm not about to do it

You'll do as I say.

No.

I think you'll be wanting to reconsider
your position.

Stunk me again.

You are a huckleberry above my
persimmon.

Mr. Best, would you do me a small favor?

Of course.

The lantern is a wee bit low.

I'm going to get you next time, Mary.

Don't you worry.

Thank you, Mr. Best.

Oh, my pleasure, Mrs. O 'Leary.

Take your time, Commissioner.

Oh, and Eleanor.

No need to worry about your brother.

He'll be right out here with me and the
boys.

Knock him in the pillow.

Yes, sir. Come on, you.

The alien?

Hey, stop that kid!

Grab it!

Yes, help Ellie.

I'm a little locked up right now.

Listen, if I get you out of here, will
you promise to help her?

How are you going to do that? Just
promise.

Do it, do it.

Yeah, yeah, sure, I promise.

All right, stick this in the lock.

It's wax.

I can make a key.

Give it here.

You're welcome.

Come on.

What? What?

I'm done with you, Daniel Sullivan. The
hell with your women. The hell with your

deal.

Time for the last milk in, Mr. Best.

Watch little Jimmy for just a moment,
will you? Oh, no problem. Yes.

Hello, little Jimmy.

Come to Uncle Morty.

Yes, come to Uncle Morty.

You hungry, Jimmy?

You wanting cookie?

Yes? You like that, don't you?

Let grasses grow and water flow in a
free and easy way.

And give me enough of that fine old
stuff that's made near Galway Bay.

Let...

You have to stop, please.

He wet himself, Mrs. O 'Leary. Oh, for
heaven's sake. It's a perfectly natural

body function. That's all.

Get me a rag and I'll clean your shirt.

Oh, Mama.

Long story. Just one time.

Good. Twenty -one minutes, that's
enough.

Oh, my God, you smell that? Smell that?

Smell?

Whatever happened here, Mr. Hobson?

Oh, Red.

He was a nice fellow, but a couple of
straws short of bales, you know. Oh,

Fire!

Help!

Oh, no. Fire!

No, no, you wait here. You just wait
with children. I see what's burning.

Fire!

Boy, give me a hand.

Oh, my God. Grab the plate.

You did know.

You are from future.

Give me a hand with the cross.

Come on.

On three.

One, two, three.

That one.

You did.

You saved Chicago.

We... We did. We saved... We saved
Chicago.

Good job, my friend.

Very good job.

You've interfered for the last time.

Oui.

Oh, hey, what is problem, huh?

Don't kill him, Mr. Hopson. He told me
he would.

Please, Mr. Hopson.

Come on, Morse. You've got to put the
fire out.

You hear me?

I thought you already did.

There's another one.

Here. Here.

Stop your time.

Hey.

Jesse.

Jesse.

You all right?

He's going to kill me.

Yeah.

And my wife.

When this man from the future, he tried
to... No, this man from future, he...

Oh, hell.

It was Mrs. O 'Leary's cow.

Mrs. O 'Leary.

Can you get these people out of here for
me? The fire's going to... Where are we

going? We're going to get you out of
here. The city's going to burn you.

What? What are you talking about? It
didn't want to burn.

It didn't want to be all right, Jessie.

We can find you.

We get in trouble again?

Jessie, I'm just passing through. I...
Sure.

Listen, I wish I could make everything
right, but I can't do that.

Jen,

look, you take this.

Go ahead.

I want you to have that.

Will you kill him, mister?

Yeah, I'm sure.

And don't give up.

Do you understand what I'm saying?

Because if you do, I'm going to know
about it.

Don't give up.

Yeah.

All right.

God bless you, Mr. Thompson.

Take care.

Shut it down now. But my office trotters
tomorrow 9 a .m.

Yeah. Oh, what a day I have had. I want
to thank you, Mr. Fishman, and you too.

Now, please be assured that there's no
way my company would ever do anything to

compromise the safety of the people here
in Chicago.

No, no, no. We were just concerned.

Oh, I have an appointment.

Excuse me.

Where'd you get that watch?

Oh, you like it, huh? Well, the, um...
The story goes all the way back to the

Great Chicago Fire.

Chicago Fire?

Yeah, you know, the cow, Mrs. O 'Leary,
planes.

My great -grandfather almost died in
that fire. And the stranger that saved

life gave him this watch.

Since then, it's been passed down from
generation to generation.

Stranger?

Well, that's the story, anyway.

Well, if you'll excuse me, I really have
to get out of here. Hey, can I ask you

a question? I didn't even get your name.

Oh, I'm sorry. I'm Mayfield.

Jesse Mayfield IV.

Well, again, thanks to you both, okay?

Thank you, Mr. Mayfield.

Okay.

What are you looking at me like that
for? What?

You got something on my teeth?

No. I think I need to sit down.

Look, those guys said you only knocked
out for two minutes, but... And don't

take this the wrong way.

You look kind of charred up.

What'd you just say? You look kind of
messed up.

Marissa. Yeah?

You, uh... You all right?

Well, yeah. I'm not the one that got
knocked on the head.

You want some tea?

No, yeah.

What I mean is that you're... Okay?

Right.

I'll get some tea.

Is there something you're not sharing
here, buddy?

Space -time continuum.

Time, it's not a line. It's a... Time is
a... It's a magazine.

What are you talking about?

It's a magazine.

I don't know what I'm talking about.

It's good to see you.

After his father's death, one man is
reunited with a woman he hasn't seen

childhood. And out of tragedy will come
something amazing to make life worth

living again.

Stay with us for Love in the Afternoon
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